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This is strange. The other shortcut, Shift+F2, stopped to work in Firefox 15 or
so because of the developer toolbar, but there hasn't been any report of F2
alone. In the next version the shortcuts are changed to solve that problem, so
I don't know if that will fix your problem too.
You can try a beta version of the next release if you want by going to the
bottom of the page at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/foxreplace/ and
inside "Development Channel". If you want to try it, make sure first of doing a
backup of your substitution list, just in case that you find a big bug and want
to return to the stable version.
Original comment by marc.r...@gmail.com
on 9 Jan 2013 at 12:51
Its been changed to Shift+F8 in latest update :(
Original comment by thegri...@gmail.com
on 27 Jan 2013 at 6:05
I'm using Firefox 18.0.1 and the shift-F8 doesn't work. The only way to
substitute is using the menu option with the mouse. I am using an Apple's "USB
keyboard with numeric keypad".
Original comment by yariv.ke...@gmail.com
on 1 Feb 2013 at 10:20
And F8 alone to show the replace bar works?
Original comment by marc.r...@gmail.com
on 2 Feb 2013 at 12:41
Can the hotkey be a customizable option. Changeable in preferences (FoxReplace
options). F8 conflicts with other apps.
Original comment by jet...@gmail.com
on 21 Feb 2013 at 4:54
You can customize the hotkey with this addon:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/customizable-shortcuts/
Original comment by marc.r...@gmail.com
on 22 Feb 2013 at 9:38
Why did it change it from F2 to ShiftF8? Even ShiftF2 would be more ergonomic.
Not that F@ has been reassigned to anything else. Can't we please just have F2
back?
I have a unix "tailing" log page for which auto-replace does not work so I now
have to use this awkward combination each time :(
Original comment by sqgl2...@gmail.com
on 28 Feb 2013 at 10:56
As already stated, I had to change Shift+F2 because it was taken over by the
developer toolbar in Firefox 15 (now free again in Firefox 20). For consistency
I decided to also change F2, so that both actions use the same F key.
Since I was changing the keys I took also the chance to change which one is
just a single F key and which a combination. I thought it would be better if
the single key option, which could be hit by accident, was to show the replace
bar, because it's harmless, and the combination, harder to hit by accident,
could be used to apply the substitution list, which changes content. I
seriously think that this is better. For example, this avoids a problem I
suffered often in Google Spreadsheets, where F2 is used to edit a cell and I
often applied a substitution unintendedly.
Sorry, but I don't plan to change it back to the old shortcuts, although I can
consider to change back from F8 to F2 with the new logic, i.e. no shift to show
the replace bar, shift to apply substitutions, i.e. reversed from the old
shortcuts. The problem I see with this is that it could cause even more
confusion. But anyways first I should wait until Firefox 20 comes out of beta.
But, as I told to the others, if you think F2 or Shift+F2 is better you can
change the keys with Customizable Shortcuts.
Original comment by marc.r...@gmail.com
on 1 Mar 2013 at 5:05
Closing as invalid because the user hasn't responded anymore. Assuming the
problem disappeared in the update.
Original comment by marc.r...@gmail.com
on 19 May 2013 at 6:27
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
David.Sa...@gmail.com
on 8 Jan 2013 at 11:35